AST CERTIFICATION ACTUAL FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What provides additional protection to prevent contamination of a sterile package? -
✔✔A dust cover
✔✔During a kidney transplant, the renal vein of the donor kidney is anastomoses to? -
✔✔The external iliac vein
✔✔To prevent a cerebral aneurism from rupturing, the surgeon will ? - ✔✔Apply a
specifically designed clip at base of anneurism
✔✔When positioning pt for a c section, where is bolster placed and why? - ✔✔On right
side to relieve pressure on the vena cava
✔✔What should be accomplished when preparing esmarch for sterilization? - ✔✔Layer
of webril rolled with esmarch
✔✔What forceps would be used for a splenectomy? - ✔✔Right angle
✔✔What is the action of histamine (H2 blockers) - ✔✔Decrease gastric volume in
stomach
✔✔When performing a total knee arthroplasty, surgeon removes osteophytes from
femur and tibia with? - ✔✔Kerrison rongeur
✔✔During radical neck dissection with mandibulectomy, what bone is harvested for
graft? - ✔✔Fibula
✔✔Which type of dressing washes off after several days? - ✔✔Collodion
✔✔What drape is used for thyroidectomy? - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔When surgeon uses kocher subcostal incision, which muscle divided with
electrosurgery? - ✔✔Rectus abdominus
✔✔What substance absorbed in stomach? - ✔✔Alcohol
✔✔Is surgeon indicates shunt may be placed during carotid endarterectomy, what
should be available in OR? - ✔✔Javid
✔✔What is the best synthetic substitute for surgical steel? - ✔✔Poly propylene
, ✔✔According to rule of nines, what % assigned to front and back? - ✔✔18%
✔✔Which level of maslows hierarchy is applicable to surgical patient? -
✔✔Physiological and survival
✔✔Cell destruction by steam sterilization occurs by ? - ✔✔Coagulation of proteins
✔✔How much water is needed to inflate a 5 mL balloon foley? - ✔✔10 mL
✔✔Which type of procedure would require a stent dressing - ✔✔Neck
✔✔Which hemostatic agent is contraindicated in presence of infection ? -
✔✔Absorbable collagen
✔✔Untreated acute otitis media may cause? - ✔✔Mastoiditis
✔✔What is compressed during rapid sequence induction and intubation? - ✔✔The
cricoid cartilge
✔✔Why is the most abundant ion in the body? - ✔✔Calcium
✔✔What procedure performed to improve myopia? - ✔✔Radical keratotomy
✔✔A chemical reaction that provides energy by breakdown of food is ? - ✔✔Catabolism
✔✔What structure of ears responsible for equilibrium? - ✔✔Semicircular canals
✔✔What is most inert of synthetic meshes? - ✔✔Polyester fiber
✔✔At what point is it appropriate to lower leg when draped for knee arthroscopy? -
✔✔After tourniquet has been inflated
✔✔What is a frequently used IV barbiturate for general anesthesia induction? -
✔✔Thiopental
✔✔What procedure is performed for cervical incompetence - ✔✔Shirodkar
✔✔An axillary role is placed in lateral positioning to? - ✔✔Facilitate respiration
✔✔Which nerve could be damaged by improperly padded stirrups? - ✔✔Peroneal
✔✔What precaution is taken to prevent cardiovascular complications when moving an
anesthetized pt ? - ✔✔Move pt slowly
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What provides additional protection to prevent contamination of a sterile package? -
✔✔A dust cover
✔✔During a kidney transplant, the renal vein of the donor kidney is anastomoses to? -
✔✔The external iliac vein
✔✔To prevent a cerebral aneurism from rupturing, the surgeon will ? - ✔✔Apply a
specifically designed clip at base of anneurism
✔✔When positioning pt for a c section, where is bolster placed and why? - ✔✔On right
side to relieve pressure on the vena cava
✔✔What should be accomplished when preparing esmarch for sterilization? - ✔✔Layer
of webril rolled with esmarch
✔✔What forceps would be used for a splenectomy? - ✔✔Right angle
✔✔What is the action of histamine (H2 blockers) - ✔✔Decrease gastric volume in
stomach
✔✔When performing a total knee arthroplasty, surgeon removes osteophytes from
femur and tibia with? - ✔✔Kerrison rongeur
✔✔During radical neck dissection with mandibulectomy, what bone is harvested for
graft? - ✔✔Fibula
✔✔Which type of dressing washes off after several days? - ✔✔Collodion
✔✔What drape is used for thyroidectomy? - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔When surgeon uses kocher subcostal incision, which muscle divided with
electrosurgery? - ✔✔Rectus abdominus
✔✔What substance absorbed in stomach? - ✔✔Alcohol
✔✔Is surgeon indicates shunt may be placed during carotid endarterectomy, what
should be available in OR? - ✔✔Javid
✔✔What is the best synthetic substitute for surgical steel? - ✔✔Poly propylene
, ✔✔According to rule of nines, what % assigned to front and back? - ✔✔18%
✔✔Which level of maslows hierarchy is applicable to surgical patient? -
✔✔Physiological and survival
✔✔Cell destruction by steam sterilization occurs by ? - ✔✔Coagulation of proteins
✔✔How much water is needed to inflate a 5 mL balloon foley? - ✔✔10 mL
✔✔Which type of procedure would require a stent dressing - ✔✔Neck
✔✔Which hemostatic agent is contraindicated in presence of infection ? -
✔✔Absorbable collagen
✔✔Untreated acute otitis media may cause? - ✔✔Mastoiditis
✔✔What is compressed during rapid sequence induction and intubation? - ✔✔The
cricoid cartilge
✔✔Why is the most abundant ion in the body? - ✔✔Calcium
✔✔What procedure performed to improve myopia? - ✔✔Radical keratotomy
✔✔A chemical reaction that provides energy by breakdown of food is ? - ✔✔Catabolism
✔✔What structure of ears responsible for equilibrium? - ✔✔Semicircular canals
✔✔What is most inert of synthetic meshes? - ✔✔Polyester fiber
✔✔At what point is it appropriate to lower leg when draped for knee arthroscopy? -
✔✔After tourniquet has been inflated
✔✔What is a frequently used IV barbiturate for general anesthesia induction? -
✔✔Thiopental
✔✔What procedure is performed for cervical incompetence - ✔✔Shirodkar
✔✔An axillary role is placed in lateral positioning to? - ✔✔Facilitate respiration
✔✔Which nerve could be damaged by improperly padded stirrups? - ✔✔Peroneal
✔✔What precaution is taken to prevent cardiovascular complications when moving an
anesthetized pt ? - ✔✔Move pt slowly
